Video Games 2014 Completed

WorldBuilder

Kinect + voice-controlled planet colonization game built in 24 hours at HackCMU 2014. Won Microsoft's Choice Award. Build civilizations using hand gestures and speech, like in sci-fi movies.

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Overview

Built for HackCMU Fall 2014 — and winner of Microsoft’s Choice Award (prize: a shiny new Kinect v2 for Windows).

You are colonizing a new planet deep in the cosmos, and it is your job to create plans to build new civilizations. WorldBuilder provides an interface where you make hand motions and speak to the computer to create buildings in real time — just like in science fiction movies. And it really works!

Key Features

  • Kinect-based hand gesture recognition for placing and manipulating buildings
  • Microsoft Speech API for voice commands in real time
  • Full planet colonization simulation
  • Sci-fi UI aesthetic matching the theme

Software

  • Unity, Kinect, GlovePIE, Microsoft Speech API